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DV Sadananda Gowda, Former Karnataka CM, Announces Retirement From Electoral Politics

At a press conference at Hassan on Wednesday, DV Sadananda Gowda said that he will not contest any election in the coming days.

BJP veteran and former Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda announced his retirement from electoral politics on Wednesday. The development assumed significance since the former Union Minister, who currently represents Bangalore North in Lok Sabha, made the decision public ahead of the 2024 general elections. Earlier, the MP also registered his displeasure over BJP reportedly etching alliance with JD(S) after keeping away senior party leaders of the state.

According to ANI, BJP MP and former Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has announced his retirement from electoral politics. At a press conference at Hassan today, he said that he will not contest any election in the coming days.

 

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In response to a question on whether he would be the state BJP president once again, Gowda said, "I have decided not to continue in electoral politics. For 30 years my party has given me everything. After B S Yediyurappa (veteran BJP leader and former CM) I'm the number one beneficiary in the party." 

He said that he has been in politics for 30 years. He said, "I served 30 years with 10 years as MLA, 20 years as MP, one year as Chief Minister, for one-and-a-half years as leader of the Opposition (in Legislative Council), five years as deputy leader of opposition in the assembly, four-and-a-half years as party president, and for seven years I have been a minister in the union cabinet under Prime Minister Narendra Modi." 

"If a politician is not happy after all this, he is not a true politician, he is selfish," he said, as per PTI.

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